Vote Tomorrow

Tomorrow is election day in NYC and New Yorkers will be voting for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, their City Council members, District Attorneys, and judges.

I'll make this simple -- please vote the straight Democratic ticket. 

This has never been more vital. When a fascist president and political party control all the levers of power at the national level, it's extremely important to fight back by asserting our power here at the local level. 

I know, I know, you're probably thinking that voting a straight party-line is brain dead. "I want to vote for the candidate, not the party," you're probably saying to yourself, "and I want vote for someone I believe in."

That's a lovely idea -- and that's what enough people said back in 2000 and voted for Ralph Nader and we wound up with eight years of President George W. Bush. Then in 2016 such people again voted for gadflies like Jill Stein and Gary Johnson and now we suffering with President Trump.

Enough. Voting is not about your feelings, it's not an act of therapy, it's not a luxury -- it's business, specifically, the business of our city, our state, our nation, and our world. And when you vote for people who can't win for selfish reasons, or if you're one of those people who thinks they're above it all and doesn't vote at all, then we wind up with bad people like Trump and others running our world. And that's bad. 

So please, please, please vote tomorrow and vote Democratic -- it's our only choice.

By the way, if you want more info about how politics works in NYC, listen to WNYC's great segments The People's Guide to Power. You're learn a lot!